Reading Schedule
Set the realistic pace at the start, then log what you actually read. The log is what tells you whether the pace was honest.
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The book and the deadline
- Title
- Pages to read (real range)
- Deadline
- Days available
- Days a week I will miss
- REALISTIC PAGES PER DAY
- MINUTES PER DAY
- My pages per hour (timed)
Log every session
| Date | Start page | End page | Pages | Minutes | Ahead / behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The arithmetic
- Naive pace
- pages ÷ days
- Reading days
- days × (7 − missed per week) ÷ 7
- Realistic pace
- pages ÷ reading days
- Minutes a day
- pace ÷ pages per hour × 60
- 300 pages / 30 days
- 10 a day if you never miss
- …missing 1 day a week
- 11.7 a day
- …missing 2 days a week
- 14 a day
- ⚠ Exclude
- index, appendices, notes
Before you start
- Real reading range confirmed — index and appendices excluded
- Pages per hour TIMED on this book, not guessed
- Days a week you will miss set honestly
- Deadline confirmed, including any submission time of day
- Chapters used instead of pages if difficulty varies
- Note-taking time added separately for study reading
- Pace written where you will see it daily
- A mid-point date set to check the log against the plan
The slack is the plan
A schedule that assumes you read every day has no way to absorb a bad one. Building the missed days in produces a higher daily number you can actually hold, which beats a lower one that collapses in week two.